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Building out legal permissions on the semantic web

October 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

So no surprise I’ve been thinking more and more about semantic web technologies and the law, given my recent trips and talks on open data. This represents some of my early-stage thinking about how copyright plays into the coming framework.
For those not familiar with this area, my big picture layman’s summary of the semantic web [...]

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Tags: Conferences · Copyright law · Creative Commons · Online content models · Open data

ISWC linked data and the law

October 26th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Slides are now up for my presentation as part of the International Semantic Web Conference tutorial, Legal and Social Frameworks for Sharing Data on the Web.  Thanks to Leigh, Kaitlin, and Tom for their excellent presentations, as well as thanks to the audience for such great questions! Open Data and the Law.
UPDATE Everyone’s [...]

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Tags: Copyright law · Open data

Wikipediai loves art: Open content and the V&A

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WLA@V%26A
Wikipedia Loves Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum is a free content photography contest organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Wikimedia UK and other Wikipedians. It is due to take place in February 2009 and is part of the wider Wikipedia Loves Art project that month.
The objective for the V&A is to [...]

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Tags: Copyright law · Cultural heritage · Licensing · Open content

Non-commercial in CC licenses

December 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As I mentioned in my last post, this is an appendix I wrote for a report looking at the use of Creative Commons licenses for (mostly) public sector organisations in the UK from back in 2005. It outlines some of the issues present with the use of the term in the CC licences. As [...]

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Tags: Copyright law · Creative Commons · Open content

Online registration for copyright in the US now open

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Just a quick note to say that as of 1 July the US Copyright Office is allowing online registration. From the Library of Congress NewsNet:
Beginning July 1, 2008, the Copyright Office is offering online registration of claims to copyright. Online registration through the electronic Copyright Office (eCO) is the preferred way to register basic claims [...]

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Tags: Copyright law

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